---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-24-012640"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HTZ"
cik: "0001657853"
company_name: "HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC"
filed_at: "2024-08-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T07:24:47.990396+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hertz adds two new directors: Frank Blake and Lucy Clark Dougherty; board expands to 11

## Summary
- Board increased from 9 to 11 and elected Blake and Clark Dougherty effective Aug 27, 2024.
- Blake is retired chairman/CEO of Home Depot, former deputy secretary at U.S. Dept of Energy, former EPA general counsel.
- Clark Dougherty is SVP/general counsel of Polaris Inc., former deputy general counsel at GM, former DHS chief legal officer.
- Each new director receives standard compensation: $175k annual RSU grant and $100k cash retainer.
- CEO Gil West (joined April 1) is leading strategy of operational performance and customer experience.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-24-012640
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HTZ
- cik: 0001657853
- company_name: HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC
- filed_at: 2024-08-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1657853/000095010324012640/0000950103-24-012640-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47129/000095010324012640/dp217109_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-24-012640.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lucy Clark Dougherty was elected as director at HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: On August 26, 2024, the Board of Directors of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board of Directors from 9 to 11 and elected Mr. Francis Blake and Ms. Lucy Clark Dougherty to serve as directors of the Company, effective August 27, 2024, to fill such vacancies.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1657853/000095010324012640/0000950103-24-012640-index.htm
- Executive change
  Francis Blake was elected as director at HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: On August 26, 2024, the Board of Directors of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board of Directors from 9 to 11 and elected Mr. Francis Blake and Ms. Lucy Clark Dougherty to serve as directors of the Company, effective August 27, 2024, to fill such vacancies.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1657853/000095010324012640/0000950103-24-012640-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.